piss poor tater crop, this year...

[Diydave]

Hooked up the old tater digger to dig potatoes, today. I knew there wouldn't be many, due to a ton of rain early, and drought during August and Sept. If I knew how few it would be I wouldn't have wasted that 15 minutes, or the hour and a half, pickin up them small taters... Oh well, there's always next year...

 

[85Hokie]

Hooked up the old tater digger to dig potatoes, today. I knew there wouldn't be many, due to a ton of rain early, and drought during August and Sept. If I knew how few it would be I wouldn't have wasted that 15 minutes, or the hour and a half, pickin up them small taters... Oh well, there's always next year...

now them little taters are good!!! I know that they aint whatcha lookin for, but take them little spuds, cut em in half, throw some olive oil on them, salt and pepper- lay em on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil on 400 ......shoot - they are so delicious that you wanna smack your momma!

 

[Tooljunkie]

Olive oil, butter, chopped onions wrapped in foil on BBQ. My favorite taters.

 

[RonBoyBX25D]

Olive oil and Lipton Soup Mix in oven or on the grill...for me any of the above work too

 

[armylifer]

Hooked up the old tater digger to dig potatoes, today. I knew there wouldn't be many, due to a ton of rain early, and drought during August and Sept. If I knew how few it would be I wouldn't have wasted that 15 minutes, or the hour and a half, pickin up them small taters... Oh well, there's always next year...

I am sorry to hear about your poor crop this year but I experienced just the opposite. We ended up with so much corn, potatoes, onions and tomatoes this year that we had to donate bushels of the stuff to the food bank. Mind yu, I am not complaining but it was work, as you probably know. In fairness, the water for our crop came from our well but it has always been so. We really don't get enough rain through the summer months to sustain a big garden without supplementing with irrigation from the well. Anyway, as you say; there is always next year. Good Luck!

 

[DaTow'd]

The spud crop was average this year for us but this has to be the best year for apples and pears.
So far we have made over 500 imperial gallons of apple juice and we will be pressing again this Friday.
cheers
Hank

 

[olthumpa]

Yup, taters were a complete loss this year. The rest was just enough for us but no extra. Usually give away more than half of what we grow.

 

[sheepfarmer]

Still digging mine, no machine help a fork and hands and knees, but there are lots of them, ranging from marble size to huge. Those purple potatoes are good producers, but they are harder to see in the dirt. (Why purple potatoes you ask? Study showed they contain something that helps lower blood pressure. You'd have to eat them 3 meals a day though.) I have a hodge podge of different kinds, some started from leftovers from last year, and some bought. Wanted some Yukon Golds, couldn't find any when I got around to looking, I think I threw in some from the organic grocery store. Haven't got to that end of the row yet to see how they did.

I sure like the seed and plants ordered from Territorial Seed. Germination rate much higher than Burpee and others found in local seed racks. The variety of pole beans they sell called Fortex are my all time favorite, as is the cucumber Summer Dance. They are still producing, and our first frost will probably be tomorrow. Already looking forward to next year!

 

[bradmond]

Need to go see The Martian, might learn how to grow taters.

 

[skeets]

Yukon golds did really well, reds not so much, sweet taters did ok even with the deer and ground hogs eating the leaves off all the time

 

[Diydave]

Most of what I got anything on was purple, All Blues, IIRR. The big ones didn't do so hot. After having dug them, though, it'll make grading the waterway that I want to put where they was, easier to grade, though...